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Job 6:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!


Job 6:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 6:29 words
HebrewMeaning
ל֗וּlw
ifconjH3863
peradventure · I pray thee · though · I would ···
שָׁק֣וֹלšāqwōl
certainly ifverbH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
יִשָּׁקֵ֣לyišāqēl
it will be weighedverbH8254
receive · spend · throughly · weigh
כַּעְשִׂ֑/יkaʿəśiy
grief mynounH3708
angry · grief · indignation · provocation ···
ו/הית/יwhyty
calamityconjH1962
וְ֝/הַוָּתִ֗/יwəhawātiy
calamityconjH1942
iniquity · mischief · mischievous · naughtiness ···
בְּֽ/מֹאזְנַ֥יִםbəmōʾzənayim
in the balancespronH3976
יִשְׂאוּyiśəʾw
people will raiseverbH5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
יָֽחַדyāḥad
togethernounH3162
at all · both · likewise · only ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 6:2

Oh that my sins were throughly weighed, whereby I have deserted wrath, and the calamity that I suffer laid in the balances. It should be found heavier even as the sand of the sea. 2. Who else is set forth by the title of ‘the balances,’ but the Mediator between God and man, Who came to weigh the merit of our life, and brought down with Him both justice and loving-kindness together? But putting the greater weight in the scale of mercy, He lightened our transgressions in…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 7 §1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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